How Do We Stay Positive After a Disaster?
I have taken a few days before sitting down to write this. I needed that time to get a bit of perspective and separation from the gut wrenching panic I felt when waking on Wednesday morning to see that America has inflicted what will no doubt soon be recognised as an act of national and international self harm. The last time I woke up and felt that way was the morning after the Brexit referendum and all of my worst fears that morning came true and as a nation we are still suffering economically, sociologically and psychologically from that … Read more
Business Practicing?
I am not a businessman. Ask any of my clients who have been coming to see me for any length of time and they will confirm this to you. I don’t understand marketing much beyond … Read more
Questionable Qualifications
I stumbled across an interesting video on the BBC website this morning which asked the question ‘Can anyone call themselves a therapist or counsellor’. The common sense answer to this is ‘no’, obviously someone must … Read more
Even the Best Things Tend to End
January is a funny month for psychotherapists. They can be manic sometimes, enquiries near enough every day and several new clients can appear in the same week. Sometimes – and this is true of this … Read more
Attachment and Therapy – How Does it Work?
As part of the 12 Step programme, people with addiction issues are asked to define someone or something as a ‘higher power’. This could be God (of whichever form or description you choose), or someone … Read more
Moments in Time
I can’t recall the film, but I am sure I saw something once where there was a monologue that lamented about ‘moments in time’ and how things can change quickly and unexpectedly in life. It … Read more
Dr Gary Wood
Please note this was written on 19th August 2019, but I have only just had time to upload it onto here. I was not expecting to write anything this week, I am on my holibobs … Read more
Grief Goshdarn it
Grief. Had he not died in January, my Da would have been 80 yesterday. I can remember my family talking about what we would do to celebrate this milestone in his life a few years … Read more